The Mount Alexander Shire Council and the Mount Alexander Youth Affairs Network, as part of National Youth Week, present FReeZa FEVER, youth festival 2011.

The MASC Youth FReeZa crew will present an exciting event at the Castlemaine Skate Park and Western Reserve, featuring COUCH ReCovered, skateboarding and BMX riding competitions, dance and singing workshops, local food and business stalls, street art, parkour, and live bands and performances, including headline acts Diafrix and Massive hip hop choir from Melbourne.

Diafrix mixes traditional African rhythms with funk, reggae, soul and hip hop in their urban music that they call Positive Hip Hop, which has a cultural bent and a no swearing policy. They use their flow to entertain and raise awareness of the African–Australian experience. Diafrix have established themselves over the last seven years as one of Australia’s most exciting and original live acts.

Massive, Australia’s first hip hop choir, offers young hip hop composers, producers and performers the opportunity to work with choir director Andrea Khoza and beat facilitator Momo from Diafrix, to reinterpret their hip hop tracks into contemporary arrangements for mass voices. Over the last year they have given Melbourne audiences a taste of their growing repertoire and now Castlemaine will have the great privilege
of experiencing a first-time-ever performance of Massive and
Diafrix together.

Come down and support the dedicated and enthusiastic members of FReeZa who meet weekly to plan for young people’s events in the Mount Alexander Shire. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of FReeZa FEVER!